I am blonde-haired and blue-eyed. Have been since I was a baby. Well, once I got hair, that is. And now I have a very blonde-haired, blue-eyed little boy. And a very pregnant stomach. And I live in the Middle East. Do you know what that means? We get stared at. A lot. I’ve been …

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Ordinary is the biggest enemy of a great marriage. You say ‘I do’ expecting everything is going to be great. You are marrying the person you love, and that is never going to change! But, if you’re married, you know that it does change. Somehow, life settles into a normal, an everyday, and often the …

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There’s a little boy sleeping in the next room that has never had to face the choice of two life-threatening possibilities. Unlike little Aylan Kurdi. I don’t have the answers to these problems, but I know that my heart hurts for these friends I haven’t met who feel like staying ‘home’ is not an option. …

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“For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.” -from Dawoodia Camp, …

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Five star book, in my opinion. I really loved Anything and was definitely challenged by it. It is on the list of a very few books that I will most likely read again (and probably before too long) – which is saying a lot because I can only think of less than a handful of books …

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Yep! You read right! This is a review. Meaning, I’ve finished a book. My first of 2015. *Sigh* I’m slowly finding my groove in this new year, but I won’t say I’ve mastered it yet. According to my written goals, I need to finish two more in the next 7 days. But I digress . …

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I’ve found myself extremely grateful for something these days. I’m deeply grateful that God does not meet my expectations. He far exceeds them. God does not fit Himself into the box in my mind labeled “God” even though I have intentionally filled that box with grand and glorious adjectives and characteristics. I have claimed He …